Walker's Rise Across Sports, Teaching, and Degrees at Lee College
Billy D. Walker, Lee College instructor, rose from Anahuac high school to Southwest Texas and Stephen F. Austin through athletic scholarships and work. He taught English, physical education, biology, and now psychology while pursuing a Doctor of Psychology at the University of Houston. Walker values hands on experience and student communication and notes summers spent as a swimming instructor in Jasper and Nacogdoches along with a summer clinical psychology rotation at John Sealy Hospital. He and his wife Dorothy Jane have four children and she recently earned a BS while teaching at Sheldon Elementary.
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Billy D. Walker
Lee College
Anahuac
Southwest Texas
San Marcos
Walker
Gulf Coast
Nacogdoches
Jasper
la Grange
Nacogdo
Stephen F. Austin
Baylor
SFA
Alpha Chi
University of Houston
Billy Walker
Jasper High School
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
NAMES IN THE NEWS AT LEE COLLEGE
Lee College figures highlighted in a January 1964 page feature. Alan Erwin and Toni Fellers led a 753 dollar March of Dimes collection drive. Faculty changes included Benny Moskowitz as Sun Area Sportswriter and Hollis Latimer joining the M D T program.
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Alan Erwin
Lee College
Toni Fellers
Benny Moskowitz
College
The
Baytown Sun
Holidays End Classes Early for T J C T A Meeting
Faculty attend a T J C T A meeting February 20 21 causing classes to end Thursday at 12 30 pm and not resume until Monday February 25.
Lee College Hosts Open House for Area High School Seniors
Lee College invites area high school seniors to an open house on March 5 highlighted by Senior Night activities. The event features campus tours of departments including business, chemistry, language lab, and nursing with student leaders coordinating registration and tours. A 7 to 8 p.m. program in the auditorium includes LC Choir and Band performances and remarks by David Smith. A gym dance with refreshments follows, plus a free swimming period from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. Tickets and invitations will be mailed to seniors.
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David Smith
Jerilyn Malone
John Nugent
Gay McFarland
Alan Erwin
David Geaslin
Nugent
Smith
Geaslin
Erwin
Smith Britt New on LC Faculty
Noah T. Smith born in Naples Texas attended Robert E Lee High School served two years in the US Air Force then earned a B S in English and History at University TA I Kingsville and a Masters from the University of Houston He taught at Robert E Lee High School eight years while pursuing degrees and is now teaching English 301 303 at the college He holds Phi Alpha Theta Alpha Chi and Phi Kappa Phi honors
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Noah T. Smith
Naples
Texas
Robert E. Lee
Air Force
United States
University
TA & I
Kingsville
University of Houston
Noah Smith
Robert E. Lee High School
Phi Alpha Theta
Alpha Chi
Phi Kappa Phi
Four Students Make 3.0 Grade Average
Dean Walter Rundell reports four students on the honor roll with a 3.0 average Melanie Coburn Ray Hadley John Moore and Richard Sirocka Also listed with 2.8 are Marion Gerbig Joyce Russel Robert Wiles and Leon Waddell Numerous others earned 2.6 through 2.7 and several held A grades across multiple subjects with names including William Welcn Fergusta Herbert Wyona Milligan and Gail Wilson
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Walter Rundell
Melanie Coburn
Ray Hadley
John Moore
Richard Sirocka
Marion Gerbig
Joyce Russel
Robert Wiles
Leon Waddell
Alice McManus
Paul John
Juanita Lewis
Mable Powers
Geraldine Smith
Martha Strauss
Caroline Waddell
Mary Watts
James Allen
Linda Barrow
Jan Burton
Gladys Jacob
Gay McFarland
Gilbert Romine
Jacqueline Stevens
William Welcn
Fergusta Herbert
Wyona Milligan
Toni Bailey
Forrest Casey
New Course In Basic Electronics at LC
LC offers a two year introductory course in Basic Electronics for prospective electronic technicians. Sherwood Jackson Carpenter will instruct the program. Carpenter holds a BA from the University of Texas and a Masters of Education from the University of Houston, and has taught at LC for seven years along with engineering courses.
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Sherwood Jackson Carpenter
Jackson
University of Texas
University of Houston
Spring Count Sets College Enrollment Record at Lee
Lee College reports a spring enrollment of 1,531, the highest for spring in its history, announced by Dean Walter Rundell after Friday’s registration. The spring total is 193 above last year’s spring record, while fall enrollment peaked at 1,636. Rundell notes spring drops from fall are expected.
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Lee College
Walter Rundell
Rundell
Year 1961 enrollments show fall lead over spring
The record reports 1,516 students enrolled in fall 1961 and 1,338 in spring 1961, with a drop of 178 between fall and spring. An additional year shows a fall to spring decrease of 105.
Tichman Trio to Perform at Lee College Auditorium
Baytown readers will hear the Tichman Trio in a Bayshore Music Society concert at Lee College Auditorium on February 24 at 8 p.m. Lee College students admitted with activity tickets. The trio features Herbert Tichman clarinet Ruth Tichman piano and Dorothy Reichenberger cello with notable international solo careers and connections to Juilliard and Casals.
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Baytown
Tichman
Bayshore Music Society
Lee College
Herbert Tichman
Ruth Tichman
Dorothy Reichenberger
Europe
Middle East
Phiadephia
Tich
United States
Leopold Stokowsky
Fritz Reiner
Leon Barzin
Cello
Leonard Rosen
Juilliard School of Music
Curtis Institute
Paul Tortelier
Paris
Harriet Hale Woolley
Pablo Casals
Puerto Rico
Music Academy of the
L’ensemble Instrumental de Tours
Rudolph Serkin
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Grace Smith
Charles Larabee
Hollis Latimer
M.D.T
Defoe Street
Bob Wright
Rho Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma
Delton T. Goodin
L.C
Baytown Education Association
Gertrude Teters
George Nelson
Texas Junior College Teachers Association
Corpus Christi
Baytown, Texas
Lee
Luther Heath
Georgia Laxton
Joyce Morton
Pearl Miller
Iona Powell
Gail Wilson
Man
Juilliard
U. S. State Department
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